Unfortunately, US cops are a revenue generating service, through tickets, and in no way present to serve or protect.

“A) what law(s) prevent you from recovering your property and B) how would the police know you went and recovered it from a thief”

The psychology of protecting property at the risk of life is sad. People must not value their lives very much.

Agreed on all accounts.

I think he did this to get it found at all, not to get it found more quickly. Still an unconscionable act and he should be punished.

Florida Man strikes again.

I’m not the only one who plays this game? Good to know!

This is the automotive journalism I come to Jalopnik for. What fun. 

If the 3-series wagon is a manual, I’ll take that. If not, I’ll take the Miata RF - which damn well better be a manual.

Customer: “But I made a reservation”
Dealer: “reservation was cancelled, so we can make more money”

I mean, that kid rolling coal just killed people so them making a joke about it is pretty shitty. I get that Texas is full of sociopaths and pieces of shit, but still. 

Bicyclist here. I thought the apology was refreshing in an age of half assed “we’re sorry if we offended anyone” B.S. that passes for sincere nowadays.

I think you’d have to be incredibly uncharitable to really think there was any malice in any of this and to push any of this beyond the removal and apology. The “sorry we got caught” ones are usually pretty obvious, and this doesn’t seem like that.

Not sure I see a need to make this a bigger deal than it has already become. They put out a bad joke, got called out, then made what seems like a honest and open apology that appears sincere.

“It’s a joke!” is one of the things assholes say.

As a fellow Black man, I’m not offended, per se, just bewildered.

Targeted marketing makes me nauseous, and it’s only getting worse now that streaming platforms know exactly what race, gender, and sexual orientation you are. As for cultural lingo, isn’t that always how it works, though? Black people or gay people have a phrase unique to us, then younger white people pick up on it,…

Ford is 100% the Cheddar Bob of the automotive industry.

Ford is 100% the Cheddar Bob of the automotive industry.

How would the police be expected to know to treat something as a crime scene? That’s not their...oh, it is their job.